Joao Carvalho is the man Nottingham Forest supporters want to see named in Martin O’Neill’s starting XI for tonight’s East Midlands clash at the City Ground.

The Reds face Derby County under the Trentside lights, knowing a win is vital if they’re to keep on the coattails of the play-off pack.

Carvalho has yet to start a game under O’Neill, but fans believe he holds the key to unlocking the Rams’ back door in front of the television cameras.

Elsewhere, the back five Reds fans want named come 6:45pm would see Tendayi Darikwa on the right and Jack Robinson on the left, with Alexander Milosevic partnering Tunisian Yohan Benalouane in the centre of defence, in front of Romanian goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.

The team fans want to face Derby

Having impressed since his inclusion in the side, Academy graduate Ryan Yates once again gets a start alongside Jack Colback in the middle of the park, Matty Cash and Joe Lolley down the flanks with Carvalho in behind leading scorer Lewis Grabban up the top.